(10-30-2023, 09:41 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(10-30-2023, 08:38 AM)NoShoes Wrote: Travis is on pace for around 320 Carries….  Not 400

I'm sure he meant touches which includes receptions.  He currently has 178 touches through 8 games which puts him on pace for 378 touches for the year not including extra playoff games.  

There's a thing called the "curse of 370" which shows over and over again that backs that get 370 touches or more in a given year have a huge drop off in production the following year be it from injury or otherwise.  Eric Dickerson was like the only exception to the "rule".  I'd like to get ETN on a pace that projects him well under that number.  They need to get his touches down to 15 to 17 per game.  Maybe that looks like a straight line of games where his touches fall around that target or maybe in some of the less important games (i.e. the matchups against NFC opponents) they intentionally pull his touches back to around 10 for the game and let the other guys put some work in, or hopefully we can get up big early against someone and just give him the rest of the day off.